Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Simple Installation Instructions

Just a note from a Perpetual n00bie (who's written in, here, for help in
getting LO installed):

I've used prepackaged rpms years ago when I was running Red Hat.  I've
used prepackaged debs through Synaptic with Ubuntu and now Debian.  I've
had occasion to want to install something for which packages didn't
exist (and know the value of having packages that can be uninstalled
cleanly).  I've even got one program that I have to use config and make
(though I had to be taught how to do it).  Most recently I had to be
taught to use dpkg -i *.deb to install LO.

Though I call myself a perpetual n00bie, the reality is that I simply
don't have the knowledge to do things that others consider easy or basic
unless I'm taught.  I don't mind learning new things - even at my
advanced age of 65 (you really CAN teach old dogs new tricks, but
they've got to want to learn).  Not everybody is like me.  Not everybody
wants to learn or has the ability to learn (one has to learn how to
learn, really).

And in some cases I've helped others, so I understand the problems they
have.  I was part of an Ubuntu LoCo for a few years, and helped with
installations and other problems where I could.  Certainly, for those
distributions and operating systems that can and do provide prepackaged
versions of a program, using such takes care of those less fortunate
than I and makes it possible for them to enjoy a certain independence
and sense of accomplishment.  But for others some method needs to be
found to make it easier, and I would encourage LO to provide such a
script for those distributions.

Craig
Tyche


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